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- June 16th, 2012, 7:26 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: about to change rear valve cover gaskets need help
- Replies: 20
- Views: 919
Re: about to change rear valve cover gaskets need help
Don't bypass your BAC valve coolant lines in the TB. All it does is mess up your idle. If you think it keeps your manifold cooler, you're dumb. Its bolted the the cylinder heads. I don't care where you live, its not at coolant operating temperature outside.
- June 16th, 2012, 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Mazda MX-3
- Topic: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1863
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
OOOOOHHHH.... I have 10L of old death gasoline.... I should fill up the cylinder with an open exhaust valve, fill her up, and then have the baddest a-- flamethrower out the exhaust.
- June 16th, 2012, 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Mazda MX-3
- Topic: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1863
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Good, I'm glad.
sawdust probably would take a long time to kill it... but smell AWESOME out the tailpipe!
sawdust probably would take a long time to kill it... but smell AWESOME out the tailpipe!
- June 16th, 2012, 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Mazda MX-3
- Topic: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1863
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Ok, I'm pulling it anyway. You pay shipping, and its yours. Goes for anyone.
Its not a GD panda bear....
Its not a GD panda bear....
- June 16th, 2012, 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Mazda MX-3
- Topic: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1863
Interesting ways to kill a K8?
I have a shredder bound 94 GS. It is rusty far beyond repair. I've salvaged everything useful. Engine burns more oil than gas. I was thinking I'd fill it to the brim with used oil engine oil (I have 5 gallons, I hope that would be enough) and see what it does. Either that or water. Or rev limit it u...
- June 16th, 2012, 4:14 pm
- Forum: Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Tires
- Topic: Sway bars endlinks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1371
Re: Sway bars endlinks
Adjustable endlinks are for re-setting the angle of the link to the bar. If you're not VERY lowered, they're useless.
Beefier ones are useless from a performance viewpoint - the strain in the links is negligible compared to the bar.
The only real benefit would be service life![Shrug :shrug:](./images/smilies/shrug.gif)
Beefier ones are useless from a performance viewpoint - the strain in the links is negligible compared to the bar.
The only real benefit would be service life
![Shrug :shrug:](./images/smilies/shrug.gif)
- June 16th, 2012, 4:05 pm
- Forum: Engine Electronics/Tuning
- Topic: Volumetric Efficiency
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4313
Re: Volumetric Efficiency
You're very much on the right track. Plenum design is one of the hardest things you can do to an engine. How air behaves is 20% science and 80% magic. They've been working on modeling fluid flow for over a century, and still, Navier-Stokes equations can only fully solve some 70-odd real life problem...
- June 16th, 2012, 12:26 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Automatic transmission question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1190
Re: Automatic transmission question
Ford transmissions over Chev ![Shrug :shrug:](./images/smilies/shrug.gif)
Either way, it should make it wherever you want it to go. Just keep in mind that the fluid went somewhere... leaky leaky.
![Shrug :shrug:](./images/smilies/shrug.gif)
Either way, it should make it wherever you want it to go. Just keep in mind that the fluid went somewhere... leaky leaky.
- June 14th, 2012, 1:05 am
- Forum: Engine Electronics/Tuning
- Topic: Mega Squirt III with V3.57 expansion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3823
Re: Mega Squirt III with V3.57 expansion
I'm not sure of MSIIIV3.57, I'm building a MSIIV3, but I can tell you sequential injection is a waste of time. above about 3000 RPM, you will have NO noticeable difference between batch and full sequential. Below that, you'll have more uniform wall wetting, and your A/F should be more stable at idle...
- June 11th, 2012, 7:56 am
- Forum: Electrical & Lighting
- Topic: Push button Wiring
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1349
- June 11th, 2012, 7:50 am
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: still burning too much gas...
- Replies: 182
- Views: 6358
Re: still burning too much gas...
An ohmmeter often won't tell you jack about the condition of your electrical system because electricity does not behave the same at 1v and 10 000v. Thats why the low voltage resistance of plug wires is a useless measure. I feel like you're still just 'thinking' that the suggested solutions are not t...
- June 11th, 2012, 12:07 am
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: still burning too much gas...
- Replies: 182
- Views: 6358
Re: still burning too much gas...
I see you've "thought" about upgrading grounds, and you SAID that you redid the vacuum.
Do the grounds.
Double check every nipple in the vacuum, all it might take is reversing two of the adjacent nipples in the EGR system.
Do the grounds.
Double check every nipple in the vacuum, all it might take is reversing two of the adjacent nipples in the EGR system.
- June 11th, 2012, 12:05 am
- Forum: Electrical & Lighting
- Topic: How is my soldering?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1576
Re: How is my soldering?
Bowling and Grippo, the same company that makes all of the Megasquirt PCB's.
- June 11th, 2012, 12:04 am
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: Ignition Timing issue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 318
Re: Ignition Timing issue
1. Timing belt jumped and left head is not in time
2. TEN is not actually working. (corrosion on pins, not actually being in diag mode)
3. Pulley failure
2. TEN is not actually working. (corrosion on pins, not actually being in diag mode)
3. Pulley failure
- June 8th, 2012, 7:32 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: still burning too much gas...
- Replies: 182
- Views: 6358
Re: still burning too much gas...
From my experience, a problem like this is usually something little that you overlooked as you dove into the complicated s---. I did it with my black car, I see many other threads with it
Go back to basics.
Grounds
Intake leaks
Don't just say its good, check half-ass, literally go and do it.
Go back to basics.
Grounds
Intake leaks
Don't just say its good, check half-ass, literally go and do it.